EP 2083903 B1 20170621 - CAGED FLOATING SEAL ASSEMBLY
Title (en)
CAGED FLOATING SEAL ASSEMBLY
Title (de)
EINGEKAPSELTE GLEITVERSCHLUSSANORDNUNG
Title (fr)
ASSEMBLAGE DE JOINT FLOTTANT À CAGE
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 2007018807 W 20070827
- US 84017406 P 20060825
- US 85258306 P 20061018
Abstract (en)
[origin: US2008051739A1] A seal assembly establishes sealing engagement with a plurality of differently dimensioned instruments passing through a trocar. The seal assembly is a caged seal assembly movably disposed within the trocar and includes at least two seal segments disposable into and out of a sealing orientation relative to the instrument. A cage structure of the seal assembly includes at least two cage segments each connected to a seal segment, a biasing assembly connected to the cage structure and disposed and structured to normally bias the seal segments into sealing orientation.
IPC 8 full level
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A61B 17/3462 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 39/0613 (2013.01 - US); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01 - EP US); A61B 2017/3464 (2013.01 - EP US); A61M 2039/0626 (2013.01 - US); A61M 2039/0653 (2013.01 - US); A61M 2039/0686 (2013.01 - US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
US 2008051739 A1 20080228; US 7731695 B2 20100608; CA 2660831 A1 20080228; CA 2660831 C 20121002; CN 101505665 A 20090812; CN 101505665 B 20120704; EP 2083903 A2 20090805; EP 2083903 A4 20100707; EP 2083903 B1 20170621; JP 2010501316 A 20100121; JP 2013056160 A 20130328; JP 2014111096 A 20140619; JP 5235017 B2 20130710; JP 5412565 B2 20140212; JP 5824021 B2 20151125; US 10799267 B2 20201013; US 2010241080 A1 20100923; US 2014336584 A1 20141113; US 2018153581 A1 20180607; US 8821445 B2 20140902; US 9901373 B2 20180227; WO 2008024502 A2 20080228; WO 2008024502 A3 20080828; WO 2008024502 A9 20081030
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 89281407 A 20070827; CA 2660831 A 20070827; CN 200780031646 A 20070827; EP 07837362 A 20070827; JP 2009526662 A 20070827; JP 2012207672 A 20120921; JP 2013232847 A 20131111; US 2007018807 W 20070827; US 201414339840 A 20140724; US 201815888006 A 20180203; US 79016410 A 20100528